Wind turbine yaw bearing pre-load

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9951818
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14710699

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A wind turbine yaw assembly has a yaw piston and a yaw bearing pad. A spring resides inside the yaw piston and applies spring pressure to the yaw bearing pad. A threaded yaw piston bushing applies adjustable pressure to the spring. The threaded yaw bushing has a plurality of at least three force adjustment screws distributed symmetrically about the threaded yaw piston bushing. The spring pressure is adjusted by tightening or loosening the plurality of force adjustment screws. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.

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WIND SOLUTIONS LLC111 RAND ST SANFORD NC 27332

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
King, Matthew Kenneth Carthage, US 8 11
Winslow, Christopher James Lemon Springs, US 9 9

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